Russia’s answer to NATO—marking a devastating blow to Putin’s post-Soviet empire. This isn't just a diplomatic shift; it's a ...

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The thing about nightmare scenarios is that they rarely come true. Still, it bears watching. There are half a dozen pending arms deals between Russia and Iran on the table, including the Russian S ...

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Russia would not be the first former empire to face a moment of historical reckoning. Spain’s 1898 defeat at the hands of the upstart Americans was a watershed moment in Spanish history.

The Russian Empire Revisited May 18, 2016 17:05 CET A century ago, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokhudin-Gorskii traveled through the territory of the Russian Empire.

Analyze Putin’s notion of empire and China’s role in it. Putin’s ambition is to restore the Russian empire to something like its great expanse before the First World War.

Russia's "empire" will fall as different areas it lays claim to rebel over the Ukraine war, Ukraine's defense minister has said, predicting the breakup of the Russian Federation.